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''[[United States|United States ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Alabama|Alabama ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[ | ''[[United States|United States ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Alabama|Alabama ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Alabama Church Records|Church Records]]'' | ||
=== Alabama Churches General Information === | === Alabama Churches General Information === | ||
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[[Image:First Baptist Church Opelika Alabama.jpg|thumb|right|300px]]<br>Church records and the information they provide vary greatly depending on the denomination and the record keeper. They may contain information about members of the congregation, such as age; dates of baptism, christening or birth; marriage information, such as the bride’s maiden name and the names of both sets of parents; death or burial date; admissions; and removals. Records may include names of other relatives who were witnesses or members of the congregation. The members of some churches were predominately of one nationality or ethnic group. Church records are important for Alabama family research because civil authorities in Alabama did not begin registering vital statistics until after 1908. | [[Image:First Baptist Church Opelika Alabama.jpg|thumb|right|300px]]<br>Church records and the information they provide vary greatly depending on the denomination and the record keeper. They may contain information about members of the congregation, such as age; dates of baptism, christening or birth; marriage information, such as the bride’s maiden name and the names of both sets of parents; death or burial date; admissions; and removals. Records may include names of other relatives who were witnesses or members of the congregation. The members of some churches were predominately of one nationality or ethnic group. Church records are important for Alabama family research because civil authorities in Alabama did not begin registering vital statistics until after 1908. | ||
Roman Catholic church records for Mobile date from about 1700. In the 1800s, the largest religious groups in [[Alabama|Alabama]] were the [[Baptist Church in the United States|Baptist]], [[Methodist Church in the United States|Methodist]], and [[Presbyterian Church in the United States|Presbyterian]] churches.<ref>Sydney E. Ahlstrom, ''A Religious History of the American People'' (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1972). {{FHL|282712|item|disp=FHL book 973 K2ah}}.</ref><ref>[http://www.thearda.com/mapsReports/reports/state/01_2000.asp | Roman Catholic church records for Mobile date from about 1700. In the 1800s, the largest religious groups in [[Alabama|Alabama]] were the [[Baptist Church in the United States|Baptist]], [[Methodist Church in the United States|Methodist]], and [[Presbyterian Church in the United States|Presbyterian]] churches.<ref>Sydney E. Ahlstrom, ''A Religious History of the American People'' (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1972). {{FHL|282712|item|disp=FHL book 973 K2ah}}.</ref><ref>[http://www.thearda.com/mapsReports/reports/state/01_2000.asp Association of Religion Data Archives]) </ref> | ||
To find information about churches up to 1870, such as when the churches were founded, names of ministers and early members, and associated cemeteries, see: | To find information about churches up to 1870, such as when the churches were founded, names of ministers and early members, and associated cemeteries, see: | ||
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The types of records include baptisms, marriages, and burials as well as confirmations, dispensations, censuses, statements of readmission to the church, and so on. They are written mainly in French, as well as English, Latin, and Italian. | The types of records include baptisms, marriages, and burials as well as confirmations, dispensations, censuses, statements of readmission to the church, and so on. They are written mainly in French, as well as English, Latin, and Italian. | ||
'''State of Alabama'''<br>Dept. of Archives and History<br>624 Washington Ave.<br>Montgomery, AL 36130-3601<br>Collection includes:<br>Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Mobile, Alabama)<br>Family Records, 1700-1860<br>Scattered issues of Mobile and Birmingham Catholic newspapers in originals<br>Local Catholic cemetery gravestone transcriptions and funeral home records<br>Items pertaining to Catholic education in Alabama (yearbooks, students and faculty lists), scattered localities and dates. | '''State of Alabama'''<br>[http://www.archives.state.al.us/ Dept. of Archives and History]<br>624 Washington Ave.<br>Montgomery, AL 36130-3601<br>Collection includes:<br>Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Mobile, Alabama)<br>Family Records, 1700-1860<br>Scattered issues of Mobile and Birmingham Catholic newspapers in originals<br>Local Catholic cemetery gravestone transcriptions and funeral home records<br>Items pertaining to Catholic education in Alabama (yearbooks, students and faculty lists), scattered localities and dates. | ||
Some of the records of this diocese are available on microfilms at the Family History Library. | Some of the records of this diocese are available on microfilms at the Family History Library. | ||